It was a tough holiday weekend for the Penguins and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. Two games in Detroit, zero goals, and halfway to having to answer stupid questions from reporters about where it all went wrong, what happened to all the momentum. But hey, it’s tough all over, and nobody is crying for Hockey Jesus and his demoralized band of disciples. Least of all me. Continue reading →

The CHL had their Memorial Cup Finals today and the Spokane Chiefs are your new Memorial Cup champions. I could blather on about some stuff I pulled up in Wikipedia, but MYFO Commenter wraparoundcurl has been following the Chiefs since their season started. She’s got the rundown of the entire final, and an archive full of Chiefs game analysis.

Best part? The Chiefs captain broke the trophy in the celebration. Fan-fucking-tastic.

Providing yet more anecdotal evidence that your grandma really was right on just about everything, another bad penny has turned up. Craig Leipold, erstwhile owner of the Nashville Predators (and who couldn’t wait to get out of town while that franchise foundered, and nearly sank, on his watch) is as of a few weeks ago the new owner of the Minnesota Wild.

Thankfully, he’ll have coach Jacques Lemaire to lean on as he gets his feet frozen wet up in St. Paul. However, some teams, including the Leafs, have been sniffing around GM Doug Risebrough. Is the Cragister worried that the sharp and successful Risebrough might jump ship? Hardly. Continue reading →

Just a quick programming note to let you guys and gals know that tomorrow night your MYFO Crew will be cranking out (heh heh…I said cranking out) another liveblog. You’re all welcome to attend, and we’ll be sending special invites to our friends and favorite commenters to chime in with us. Anyone is welcome to comment as we go, and if you’re witty enough, we’ll bring you into the conversation too!

So join us tomorrow night, 7:30 PM EDT, as the Flyers try to scratch and claw their way back into the series, down 2-0 to the Penguins.

Since WordPress won’t allow us to embed the Live Blog on our site, just follow the link right here and hop on over to the Cover It Live site at 7:30 E.S.T. We’ll see you then!